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StoryofData
Helper III
Helper III

SWITCH FUNCTION

I am trying to use SWITCH, it seems to be working but when the column is not summarized but when I do a count then it counts BLANKS, what am I doing wrong? 

Column 2 =
SWITCH(
TRUE (),
'Table'[EmplId] = BLANK (), BLANK(),
COMBINEVALUES("-",'Table'[EmplId],'Table'[CaseNumber]))

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I think the issue is after the last condition then.  Switch has a default if no conditions are true, e.g.

SWITCH(TRUE()
,Test, Result
,Test, Result
,Default)

 

Change your code to the following:

SWITCH (
TRUE (),
'Table'[EmplId] = BLANK (), BLANK (),
'Table'[IssueSub Formatted] = BLANK (), BLANK (),
'Table'[City] = "Not Applicable", BLANK (),
'Table'[City] = "Not Disclosed", BLANK (),
'Table'[IssueSub Formatted] = "Referral/Redirect", BLANK (),
'Table'[Title Categorized] = "Former Employee", BLANK (),
'Table'[EmplId] <> BLANK ()
,COMBINEVALUES (" - ", [CaseNumber], [EmplId]))

 

Let me know if that fixed it.  I removed the =TRUE()

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BrianConnelly
Resolver III
Resolver III

Why a SWITCH if you only have one condition?

IF(ISBLANK(EmpLid), BLANK(), COMBINEVALUES("-",'Table'[EmplId],'Table'[CaseNumber]))

I have at least 5 other conditions, I just shortened it for the sake of the question, thought I'd be able to apply the solution across the entire syntax

SWITCH (
TRUE (),
'Table'[EmplId] = BLANK (), BLANK (),
'Table'[IssueSub Formatted] = BLANK (), BLANK (),
'Table'[City] = "Not Applicable", BLANK (),
'Table'[City] = "Not Disclosed", BLANK (),
'Table'[IssueSub Formatted] = "Referral/Redirect", BLANK (),
'Table'[Title Categorized] = "Former Employee", BLANK (),
'Table'[EmplId] <> BLANK ()
= TRUE (),
COMBINEVALUES (" - ", [CaseNumber], [EmplId]))

If any of these columns have values I do not want - blanks, not applicable then I want the column value for that row to be empty

I think the issue is after the last condition then.  Switch has a default if no conditions are true, e.g.

SWITCH(TRUE()
,Test, Result
,Test, Result
,Default)

 

Change your code to the following:

SWITCH (
TRUE (),
'Table'[EmplId] = BLANK (), BLANK (),
'Table'[IssueSub Formatted] = BLANK (), BLANK (),
'Table'[City] = "Not Applicable", BLANK (),
'Table'[City] = "Not Disclosed", BLANK (),
'Table'[IssueSub Formatted] = "Referral/Redirect", BLANK (),
'Table'[Title Categorized] = "Former Employee", BLANK (),
'Table'[EmplId] <> BLANK ()
,COMBINEVALUES (" - ", [CaseNumber], [EmplId]))

 

Let me know if that fixed it.  I removed the =TRUE()

Thank you!

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